HYBE boy band &TEAM to hold meet and greet tour in Japan

&TEAM, HYBE's multinational boy band based in Japan [HYBE LABELS]

&TEAM, HYBE’s first Japanese boy band, will hold its first meet and greet tour in Japan, announced its agency HYBE Labels on Thursday.

The boy band, which debuted in September last year, will be performing “2023 &TEAM Fantour Luné Mare” in three cities: in Osaka on May 27 and 28, in Aichi on June 7 and 8 and in Kanagawa on June 15 and 16.

The nine-member band based in Japan consists of one Korean member, EJ, one Taiwanese member, Nicholas, and seven Japanese members, K, Fuma, Yuma, Jo, Harua, Taki and Maki. Maki holds both Japanese and German citizenship.

K, Nicholas, EJ and Taki competed on Mnet and HYBE’s K-pop competition show “I-Land” (2020), while the rest are from the Japanese and Korean competition show “&Audition – The Howling” (2022).

BY CHO YONG-JUN [cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr]